Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-08-06
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To the CHRONICLE.
All vegetation Is needing rain very bad.
! TIE corn crop will be complete failure II
we do not have q rain soon; 1t Is badly
injured already. The tobacco crop Is also
badly injured.
Some OF the citizens along the Dover road
I are complaining about the present condition
of the section OF the Dover road lying be-
tween Mr.. J. ID. Dubois and Mr.. J. q. Walker.
II has not had any attention In about two
years, and last winter IL was In a bad conai-
ton. II ought TO be attended 10 before fall
! so II can be beaten down for travel by winter;
Pit is useless 10 work 1t In the winter. The.
county court or the road commissioners
ought TO have an oyerseer appointed 10 at
: tend tosit at once, for we have none. Some
, OF the people along the road, am afraid,
are too much like the fellow was about cover
ing his house, any way, when he was asked
why he didn't put roof on his house.
"Wel," says he, "when 1t is raining | can't
cover II, and when IL amt raining 1t don'tleak
1 adrop," so that is the way with some OF them,
4 am afraid. In the winter we can't work
IL to any advantage, and In the summer 1t
Amt muddy bit Let's have a good road, gen
tlemen, for the coming winter.
Prohibition is dying out slowly, am
afraid, and think by the Goth of September
next II will be dead, although l don't want
you TO understand that | am In favor OF
whisky. / am bitterly opposed 10 II, and will
n say TO the young men of the present, that
during the next quarter of this century the
moral destiny of the world depends upon the
youth OF this present age. The strong hands
of the veterans are one by one palsied by
the touch OF age. The voices that have rung
4 out for God and truth are slowly passing
Z into the harmonies of @ better world. Upon
your shoulders the ark OF reform Is henceforth
to rest. In your hand the torch of human pro-
gress Is to be borne onward. The God of love
has stood by the temperance reform from
its CRADLE and has guided 1t onward through
,sits most critical periods. To the young men
sof, our time 1t Is committed, both as a trial
apYirust. What is I'll that God and humanity
demands of us? What is the great question
of our practical solution unless we greatly
err? That question is, shall we by Jehovah's
xhelp Il sstroy the traffic in intoxicating pol
Ysons.N d shall they destroy us7 Shall We
send alcohol to his grave or permit him tc
send myriad of our comrades to their own
Shall we consent to have the most brilliant
intellects among us any longer extinguished
Shall I'VE permit the fair bride of to-day .tc
become the desolate widow of tomorrow
Shall we stand idly by aud see the noblest o
our brotherhood go down to darkness and
the worm? Shall we suffer this monster
evil to cast Its hideous shadow athwart the
rays that fall from calvary itself, or shall We
hand In hand join in the struggle against it,
yThe destiny of millions hangs upon oul
answer. The determination of this question
demands plainness of speech, as well as
earnestness of action. Let us press forward
with our age; let us weave bright link In the
history of our country, let us lie down to oul
Arest nearer to the goal of human perfection
lit us find in our toll an ever exciting stim
Illus and an ever fresh delight. SO shall ouI
prosperity be cheered by that sun which
shall shine with seven fold luster as tht
light of seven days. Fight against 1t young
Amen.
The WOODLANDS and the Clarks of Clarks
vile, undertook TO play q match game o
baseball at Seq on the evening of the 2Sth o
July. The game was very interesting at tn
start, the umpire making decision in favo
Of the WOODLANDS ON first base they claime'
that 1t was out and would uot play any more
Ane Baine was BiNoh w oho Woouia"Hs
After the game there was considerable sti
N5etween few outsiders and some of tn
Clalks. They are to play the game owe
soon, had nice time just the same.
There was musical given at the residenc
of Mr.. j. III. Buck, Tuesday evening the Enc
of August, complimentary to Miss Mimi
Herndon and Miss Mollie Griffey. Your COZ
respondent witnessed the occasion and pre-
nounce 1t a success. The reading societ
closed sometime since. Miss Mary an
=. Annie Taylor, Misses Inez Meacham, readin
" the closing exercises at the residence of Nj
]. III. Meacham.
August, Bird 1887. GUESS